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Before You Sign Away Your Financial Future, Know What You’re Agreeing To
Before You Sign Away Your Financial Future, Know What You’re Agreeing To by Donna Cates, CDFA by Donna Cates, CDFA
Expert Feature Julie Jenkins, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst
In an insightful interview, Julie Jenkins, a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, discusses how she supports women navigating financial complexities during divorce. She emphasizes clarity, strategy, and confidence, ensuring clients make informed decisions for a sustainable future. Her unique approach combines empathy and expertise, helping women regain control over their financial lives.
Divorce Support at Every Stage: Separation, Process, and Starting Over
The support you need on day one of a separation looks different from what you need six months into the process — and different again from what you need when it's over. Here's a guide to all three.
How to Find Divorce Support You Can Actually Trust
There's no shortage of people willing to help during a divorce. There's a significant shortage of people who actually specialize in it. Here's how to tell the difference.
The Difference Between a Divorce Coach, Attorney, Mediator, Therapist, and Financial Planner
Five types of professionals. Five very different roles. Here's what each one does, when you need them, and how they work together during a divorce.
What Is a CDFA and Do You Need One During Divorce?
Divorce is one of the most significant financial events of your life — and most people navigate it without a financial expert on their team. A CDFA exists specifically to fill that gap. Here's what they do and when you need one.
How Divorce Professionals Get Referrals (Without Cold Outreach)
Referrals are the lifeblood of most divorce practices — but cold outreach rarely works. Here's how attorneys, mediators, therapists, and CDFAs build sustainable referral pipelines through community, visibility, and the relationships that actually convert.
What Is a CDFA — and Do You Need One for Your Divorce?
Most people navigating divorce know they need an attorney. Fewer know there's a financial specialist — separate from that attorney — whose entire job is to help you understand what your settlement is actually worth, now and ten years from now.
I’m Divorced and a Divorce Professional—Here’s What I Learned with Sandhya Gopal, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA®)
In an insightful conversation, Sandhya Gopal, a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA), shares her journey of navigating divorce and the financial complexities that arise. She emphasizes the importance of financial clarity and emotional stability, highlighting strategies for making informed decisions post-divorce to foster personal growth and independence.
The Settlement Looked Fair Until Taxes Got Involved
The Settlement Looked Fair Until Taxes Got Involved by Donna Cates, CDFA
When Financial Confusion Is Not the Same as Financial Abuse
When Financial Confusion Is Not the Same as Financial Abuse by Donna Cates, CDFA
Divorce Happens: Survival Scenario: What to Do If Your Paycheck Doesn’t Hit Your Bank Account
Paycheck missing during divorce? Learn what to do first, who to call, and how to protect your income if your direct deposit doesn’t hit your account.
How to Rebuild Financially After Divorce: One Key Step to Start Strong
Wondering how to rebuild financially after divorce? Learn the first steps to take—budgeting, accounts, credit, and clarity—for stability and freedom.
Why You Need a CDFA During Divorce
Divorce isn’t just emotional—it’s financial. A Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA®) helps you understand settlement options, taxes, and long-term impacts so you can make smart decisions and save money. At Fresh Starts, we’ve vetted trusted CDFAs who combine expertise with compassion to guide you toward a secure and confident fresh start.
Divorce Happens: Survival Scenarios: “Help, my spouse emptied out the children’s college accounts!”
What if your spouse emptied the kids’ college fund? Divorce expert Donna Cates, CDFA, explains your rights, recovery options, and steps to protect assets. Certified Divorce Financial Analyst Donna Cates shares what to do if college savings vanish in divorce. Learn the legal implications, how to protect remaining funds, and how to document evidence so you can safeguard your children’s future.
How to Create a Post-Divorce Financial Plan
How to Create a Post-Divorce Financial Plan by Donna Cates, CDFA
Divorce with Financial Confidence: How a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst Can Help You
Divorce with Financial Confidence: How a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst Can Help You by Donna Cates, CDFA
How To Avoid Common Financial Mistakes During Divorce
How To Avoid Common Financial Mistakes During Divorce by Donna Cates, CDFA
Are You Showing Up Where Your Divorce Clients Already Are?
If you work with clients going through divorce—whether as a therapist, coach, mediator, or real estate expert—visibility and trust matter more than ever. Fresh Starts Registry is the first and only platform combining a divorce registry, vetted expert network, and national media presence to help you reach the people who need your support most. Here’s how we amplify your work and connect you with ready-to-act clients.
10 Reasons Certified Divorce Financial Analysts Need to Join Fresh Starts Registry: The Top Divorce Support Network for CDFAs
Fresh Starts Registry is the #1 divorce support network for CDFAs and divorce professionals. As a CDFA, joining connects you with pre-qualified clients, expert resources, and a trusted network of legal, emotional, and financial support. It’s the top platform for growing your impact as a divorce professional in a supportive, high-visibility environment.